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Which Laptop for School & Uni?

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I am looking at a new Laptop for School and probably University in 2 years. I am looking at the Dell XPS 13 and Lenovo E480. Which one should I get? Mainly for school work, not a lot of gaming. Also want it to last as long as possible.

Both Laptops have following specs:

i7-8550u

256gb M.2 drive

 

Lenovo has 16gb RAM, Discrete Graphics Card and weighs 1.75kg. NVIDIA MX150

Dell has 8gb RAM, Integrated Graphics and weighs 1.25kg. IG 620

 

I have heard great praises about Dell but not so much on Lenovo. Which one should I get?

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Definetely the Lenovo E480, XPS products are known to be overpriced for their specs. Not to mention that the keyboard on the ThinkPad is amazing.

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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Both Dell XPS and Lenovo Thinkpad are great brands, and you won't be sad with either of the for general schooling purposes. If you care about looks go for the Dell. If you don't get the cheaper one. Both will be great and last you a long time if you take care of it. 

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There are many options to choose from

 

Where are you from? Budget? Usage? Preferred max weight and minimum battery life?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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